Martial World's
Ch 432 - I Will Compensate
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During this chaotic time of war, those who rode the Vermillion Bird to travel were most likely Elders, 'Could there be news from Grandfather's side?'
As Mu Qingshu thought about this, he was conflicted. The Council of Elders within Divine Phoenix Island was mainly composed of old conservative hypocrites. It wasn't always true that they would let Lin Ming become the leader of power in the future, so the situation wasn't in vain for him.
As Mu Qingshu was lost in thought, he heard the high-pitched phoenix cry from the Vermillion Bird. Vermillion Bird was extremely fast; just a few breaths of time after Mu Qingshu received the sound transmission talisman, it had already flown over the sky of the island.
Mu Qianyu was surprised for a moment. He placed the flower pot in his hand and looked towards the sky.
Hu!
Vermillion Bird landed on the ground, triggering a wild wind that exhaled the surrounding greenery.
There was a man and a woman standing above Vermillion Bird. That young man was a handsome young man. As he smiled, his eyes were gentle, but it contained an inexplicable will. The girl standing behind him was gentle, but his attitude was rather cautious.
They were Lin Ming and Qin Xingxuan.
Lin Ming did not return directly to Divine Phoenix Island Instead, when he was crossing the South Sea transmission array, he said, he asked a disciple stationed there where Mu Qianyu was and came to look for her first.
Lin Ming had an extremely warm feeling towards Mu Qianyu. On one hand, it could be said that Lin Ming was willing to contribute to Divine Phoenix Island especially because of Mu Qianyu.
When Lin Ming first left the Divine Phoenix Mystic Realm, if not for him frantically trying to save Qin Xingxuan, he would have looked for Mu Qianyu first.
As Mu Qingshu saw Lin Ming appear, the smile on his face instantly froze.
Lin Ming's!
That's actually him!
As Mu Qingshu looked at Lin Ming's smiling face, he felt like he had eaten a fly. For now, he has to consider protocol. He could only hide the disgust and hatred he felt in his heart, and still showed a fairly calm expression.
"Lin Ming!" Mu Qianyu lightly sighed. He looked as usual, but it was hard to hide the joy that shone in his eyes.
“Mu-senior Suster. '' Lin Ming jumped up from behind Vermillion Bird. Qin Xingxuan also followed him, carefully leaping from Fireshine and then politely standing behind him. He was still somewhat stiff and unsure; he had already heard that Lin Ming and Mu Qianyu were very close.
As Qin Xingxuan descended, Mu Qianyu's vision also fell on her. After a while, he began to see Qin Xingxuan squirm a little, like a cat on a hot floor. At this moment, Mu Qianyu faintly smiled and said, "Is this Miss Qin? I just heard of Miss Qin's matter. Since the Qin Family is in trouble, it is also my misery. I am very happy that Miss Qin is safe and sound. ”
"Your Majesty Saintess is too kind. "Qin Xingxuan respectfully bowed. This was the first time he had seen Mu Qianyu. She had already heard that the Saintess of Divine Phoenix Island was the celestial fairy girl of the world. When Qin Xingxuan saw him today, there must have been a small part of his pride that felt lower. No matter how he looked at it, in terms of status, strength, or anything else, he could not compare to Mu Qianyu. This caused Qin Xingxuan's aura to weaken by several degrees.
"This is ..." Lin Ming turned his gaze to Mu Qingshu.
"I'm Mu Qingshu, I've heard the big name Junior-apprentice Brother Lin. I'm glad to see you! ”Mu Qingshu cupped his fists, keeping a neutral tone.
“So it was Senior-apprentice Brother Qingshu. '' Lin Ming greeted him politely. But at this moment, a true essence sound transmission sounded in Lin Ming's ears. "Be careful with Mu Qingshu. Because of some ... reason ... he may harbor enmity towards you. ”
"mm? Did I do anything to offend him? "Ask Lin Ming, a little surprised.
"This ..." Mu Qianyu did not know what to say, so she vaguely said, "be careful!"
"course . '' Lin Ming marked this.
"Junior-apprentice, Brother Lin, since you've been in the Divine Phoenix Mystic Realm for a long time, you must have gotten a great chance of luck, right?" Mu Qingshu asked indifferently.
“Mm, I found some lucky chances, that's why I was stranded for so long and made everyone worry. ”
'Care?' Mu Qingshu sneered in his heart, 'All I am worried about is how you didn't die. 'As Mu Qingshu thought of this, he turned around. He was afraid that if he continued to face Lin Ming, he would not be able to continue suppressing the hatred he felt in his heart.
Mu Qianyu heard Lin Ming's words and said, “It's been 10 full months; it's really been a long time. Fortunately you still managed to get out on time, otherwise there would be no tragedy. ”
As Mu Qianyu spoke, her eyes turned towards Qin Xingxuan, "Miss Qin, actually, if the Qin Family encounters a problem, you can send a letter to me. If I knew that all this was happening, I would soon come to help in any way I could. Miss Qin, there is no need to be a stranger. ”
"Mm ..." Qin Xingxuan frowned. He naturally knew the letters that Qin Ziya had sent to Mu Qianyu. As he listened to Mu Qianyu's tone of voice, he did not know what to take from her. Looking at his sincere and honest expression, it seemed like he was not lying. Qin Xingxuan bit her lip and was unsure if she would say anything. At this time, Lin Ming said, "Miss Mu, when the Qin Family was in trouble, My Elder wrote two letters to Miss Mu. But it seems like these letters disappeared somewhere, and there was never an answer.
Hearing these words, Mu Qingshu's brows surged. He felt weak at heart, but he continued to maintain his calm expression, casually standing to the side.
Mu Qianyu frowned. "Have you written two letters and disappeared?"
"Yes nih . ”
"That .. they may get lost in the chaos of war. '' Mu Qianyu said seriously, not even glancing at Mu Qingshu from the corner of her eyes.
"Is that really so?" Lin Ming did not really believe Mu Qianyu's assumption. The truth was that the transmission arrays that forwarded the letters were not really affected by the war conflict. Not only that, but for two completely lost letters it seemed a bit absurd.
“It should. '' As Mu Qianyu spoke, she also sent Lin Ming a true essence sound transmission, I will investigate the matter. Junior-apprentice disciple, Brother Lin need not worry. I will give Junior-apprentice Brother Lin a full report on what happened. ”
Lin Ming was stunned. There was only one reason that Mu Qianyu had spoken to him with a true essence sound transmission, and that was to be on guard against someone. That person could only be Mu Qingshu.
Lin Ming hesitated, "I have offended Mu Qingshu?"
"This ..." Mu Qianyu was speechless. How could he talk about what happened? Should he tell Lin Ming that the Elders wanted him to marry Mu Qingshu, and that was why Mu Qingshu's jealousy appeared? And even then, this engagement was postponed? Didn't that imply that His Highness Master Yuhuang was trying to facilitate a marriage between him and Lin Ming?
As Mu Qianyu thought of marriage, her heart fell apart. His personality deviated towards being independent and free. He did not want the emotions that existed between men and women, and only wanted to chase the peak of martial artists.
As for what he felt towards Lin Ming, even Mu Qianyu was unclear about it.
Between him and Lin Ming, from the curiosity he felt towards him to that of admiration, the two of them should have been close friends and confidants. However, due to the ambiguous experience within Thundercrash Mountain, a lot of confusion had been mixed up with this feeling.
Mu Qianyu had been following Mu Yuhuang ever since she was a child. From then until now, she had little contact with men, let alone men touching her body.
Mu Qianyu also couldn't help but admit that when she learned of Lin Ming's death, she was extremely heartbroken, as if she had lost her soul and it was all gone.
Thinking of this, Mu Qianyu subconsciously glanced at Qin Xingxuan. He seemed like he wanted to say something, but ended up not speaking at all …
As for Lin Ming, ever since he knew that someone might have sabotaged the letter sent, his expression had sunk. Regardless of who it was, once he found out, he would never let go of this matter.
"Lin Ming, let's return to Divine Phoenix Island together. The esteemed teacher may be impatient. ”
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Divine Phoenix Island, Vermillion Bird Palace –
The front door of the Elder meeting hall was made by 1000-year-old parasol tree wood. Inside the meeting hall was a 30-foot long table with 10 umbrella tree seats. Nine-year-old sparks filled the room. These flowers bloomed after nine years, and after blooming, they were able to absorb the fire origin energy. They were extremely rare fire attribute spiritual plants. These flowers were extremely beautiful and were mainly used for decoration around the rooms on Divine Phoenix Island.
Mu Yuhuang sat on the seat of honor, and Mu Qianyu sat beside him. There were also seven or eight people gathered on the wooden chairs around him. Of these seven or eight people, Lin Ming had only seen one before, and it was His Highness Master Tianguang, Mu Tianguang.
Beside Mu Tianguang was an old woman dressed in red. Both of his eyebrows were more than one foot, and his hair was red; he looked somewhat similar to Ancestor Chi Yan.
Lin Ming's soul force was much more formidable now than it used to be, so he could vaguely sense his cultivation level. This old woman was at the middle Revolving Core realm. Within Divine Phoenix Island, most of the Elders were at the early Revolving Core realm. A person in the middle Revolving Core realm was considered quite strong.
As the old woman saw Lin Ming looking at her, she smiled and nodded.
Lin Ming smiled back. During this time in front of the Council of Elders, Lin Ming had suppressed his own energy as much as possible to show his respect and humility.
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Other than this long-browed old lady, most of the others here were also women. As they looked at Lin Ming, their expressions varied. Some looked appreciative, and some smiled weakly. There were also some who completely ignored Lin Ming, not bothering to admit it at all.
The Council of Elders was the supreme center of authority within Divine Phoenix Island. All of these Elders were truly powerful characters within Divine Phoenix Island. As long as four or five of them joined together, it was enough to put enough pressure on Mu Yuhuang.
Mu Tianguang was actually very friendly to Lin Ming. After he sat down, he began to look at Lin Ming. As he sensed the profound true essence fluctuations within Lin Ming's body, he was greatly shocked. It was extremely difficult to imagine that this was a true essence fluctuation that could come from a Houtian martial artist. However, when he looked up at Lin Ming's dantian, he could see that his true essence had yet to form a typhoon there and was still scattered. Clearly, he had still not set foot into the Xiantian realm.
"Lin Ming, during your time within Divine Phoenix Island you must have benefited greatly. "Mu Tianguang smiled as she spoke.
“Mm, student luck has been good, and I've managed to get some lucky chances; that's also why I was stranded there for so long. ”
"good. If you can grow faster, then it will be another great war power added to our Divine Phoenix Island! ”Mu Tianguang chuckles. Of course, he only spoke without thinking, he did not really believe that Lin Ming would be able to play such an important role in the war between Divine Phoenix Island and the South Sea Demon Region. In a battle of this level, even early Revolving Core powerhouses were limited in what they were capable of achieving. As for Lin Ming, his cultivation was far below that.
As the Elders began to arrive at each other, with the Vermillion Bird Faction and the Blue Luan Faction added together, there were around 20 Elders in this Divine Phoenix Island council in total.
At this moment, the door of the meeting room swung open, and a tall old man appeared to enter. Behind this old man, there was a very small-looking old man with calm eyes who was walking on a 10,000-year-old parasol tree stick.
Both of them were the Vermillion Bird Great Faction Divine Phoenix Island Mu Chihuo as well as Third Elder Mu Yanzhuo.
Mu Chihuo swept across everyone present. He finally glanced at Lin Ming, and then smiled slightly, before directly heading to his chair.
Mu Yuhuang coldly looked at the two old men sitting in their seats and then calmly said, "During this conference of Elders, there are three things that will be discussed. First there was a new appointment announcement. Second was the war plan against the South Sea Demon Region that was going to happen next month. And the third was that Lin Ming would tell of his experience within the Divine Phoenix Mystic Realm. ”
The Divine Phoenix Mystic Realm was vital to the existence of Divine Phoenix Island. However, Divine Phoenix Island only had a very limited understanding of what the Divine Phoenix Mystic was. Every time a disciple returned from the Divine Phoenix Mystic Realm, they would repeat their experience for future reference and information.
This time, Lin Ming had been stranded in the Divine Phoenix Mystic Realm for nearly an entire year. Naturally, the information from what he had experienced inside was of paramount importance; it would allow Divine Phoenix Island to deepen their insights into the Divine Phoenix Mystic Realm. Hence Mu Yuhuang had specially convened the Council of Elders to allow Lin Ming to tell his experience.
Of course, this meeting of Elders also had another meaning behind it, and that was to allow the Council of Elders to affirm Lin Ming's worth.
"First, I will talk about the new appointment. I propose that Lin Ming be appointed as the new Vermillion Bird Envoy. I wonder what everyone thinks of this? ”
Vermillion Bird Envoy Divine Phoenix Island was usually aimed at Xiantian disciples. There were very few cases where Houtian disciples were appointed. The appointment of the Vermillion Bird Envoy meant that the disciple was a prospective Elder.
If one were to become the Vermillion Bird Envoy, not only would they have true authority, but they would also enjoy rich resources.
Since Mu Yuhuang said these words, it was the same as appointing Lin Ming as the previous Elder.
Regarding this matter, nearly half of the Elders reacted calmly. This was already in their calculations, everyone could see how much Mu Yuhuang valued Lin Ming.
However, there was a section of Elders frowning. If Lin Ming became an Elder with real power who did not share their last name, then it was similar to a foreign official serving in one's palace. It usually doesn't mean too much, but now with how much Mu Yuhuang and Mu Fengxian valued Lin Ming – along with his incredible talent – it would not be as simple as just being an Elder with a different surname.
Divine Phoenix Island was a sect very similar to the family clan. Most of the Elders shared Mu's last name, and it was very difficult for those with different last names to become an Elder with true power and authority.1000 years ago, the Elder said, there was an Elder who appeared who was not from the Mu Family. He had betrayed Divine Phoenix Island, causing them to suffer great losses. Divine Phoenix Island had never forgotten this.
With Lin Ming's talent, in the future his authority would only grow. This was the same as handing the entire Heavenly Phoenix Island over to Lin Ming; it was hard to tell what Lin Ming's character was!
The atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
After a while, the Great Elder slowly stood up and said, "This old man has no opinion on the Sect Master's decision to appoint Lin Ming as the Vermillion Bird Envoy. However, this old man only wanted to ask Lin Ming a few questions about the matter. ”
Mu Yuhuang's expression was cold, he had a very bad relationship with Mu Chihuo. "What's the problem?"
The Great Elder stood up and smiled as he looked at Lin Ming. He slowly said, "According to what this old man knew, when you were stranded within the Phoenix Heavenly Phoenix Realm and the news of your death spread, You know that you are, there are enemies of yours who want revenge and revenge against your family and friends, and even force a girl who is very familiar with you in a hopeless situation where she will die. When you broke through the Mystic Phoenix Heavenly Realm, you rushed to save this girl. This girl's life is almost over, and she's about to die. Thus, you took 10 drops of Vermillion Bird blood essence as a price to revive this girl's blood essence and revive her. This girl was a middle sixth-grade talent, and her cultivation was at the Pulse Condensation period. Other than her simple and beautiful appearance, she had no other advantages. Also, he has no relationship with my Divine Phoenix Island. I wonder if anyone knows about this? "
The words of the Great Elder were extremely cruel. 'In addition to her simple and beautiful appearance, she did not have any other strong points' which simply said that Lin Ming was drooling and berating Qin Xingxuan's beauty, she said, and that was the reason why he took out 10 drops of Vermillion Bird blood essence to save her !
With just these few words, the expressions of all the Elders present changed. Their eyes all turned to look closely at Lin Ming. For a time, the vision of all these Revolving Core masters was fully concentrated on one person – the pressure could be imagined!
Even Mu Yuhuang's thin brows were pinched together. If this were true, then this would really cause great anger. Vermillion Bird's blood essence was precious! Just one or two drops of this blood essence were capable of creating the Revolving Supreme Elder Core!
Divine Phoenix Island had countless disciples and many lower level Elders who dreamed of being able to obtain just one drop of Vermillion Bird's blood essence so that they could cultivate the core part of 'Forbidden Chronicle Vermillion Bird Forbidden'. However, there was a limited supply of Vermillion Bird blood essence. Mu Yuhuang had defied everyone's pressure and given Lin Ming all of Vermillion Bird's blood essence. This had caused discontent among many Elders. Yet Lin Ming had disposed of these 10 drops of Vermillion Bird blood essence in one go. Because of the deep and personal love between a man and a woman, Lin Ming had saved this girl's life at this high price. This would definitely cause anger among the many Elders, and touch the point of their anger!
Even Mu Yuhuang who preferred Lin Ming was dissatisfied with this action!
Everyone was waiting for Lin Ming to answer. At this moment, the atmosphere was filled with a terrifying silence, as if the air itself was condensed into essence. All the Elders, including the friendly long-eye-browed old lady, were currently staring at Lin Ming. Only the Great Elder was still faintly smiling as he grinned, calmly staring at Lin Ming.
Against the immense pressure, Lin Ming was still as calm as before. He looked at everyone present, and then after a few breaths of time, he inside said, "Everything the Great Elder said is true!"
With just these words, all of the Elders present were thrown into boiling rage. Some Elders who were already skeptical of Lin Ming's character immediately stood up, "Lin Ming! You have guts! Who gave you this authority !? For your own business, you threw out 10 drops of Vermillion Bird blood essence! ”
"To exchange the life of a young girl for 10 drops of Vermillion Bird blood essence, Lin Ming, you have truly opened the eyes of this old woman!"
"If you use 10 drops of Vermillion Bird's blood essence to trade for the life of a girl, then another day, after you become a truly powerful Heavenly Elder of Phoenix Island, aren't you even going to hand over the entire Heavenly Phoenix Island as a gift to some demon sect? As this old lady knew, the current spiritual leader of the South Sea Demon Region was an extremely beautiful woman! "The long-browed woman shook her head as she looked at Lin Ming in disappointment
"How great are you! As long as she had two drops of Vermillion Bird's blood essence, this old granddaughter would be able to practice the core part of Vermillion Bird's 'Forbidden Divine Chronicle'. He was diligent in training, not bitter, but he still could not get it, unlike you! You actually used 10 drops of Vermillion Bird blood essence to save a piece of trash! ”The old woman's voice was extremely shrill, and her words were sharp and cruel!
In the eyes of these Elders, a sixth-grade talent who did not possess the Vermillion Bird bloodline still could not be considered as trash, but, even if several hundred of these people were added together, it could not be considered as trash, they would still not be worthy of a single drop of Vermillion Bird's blood essence. Even using half a drop on him was futile!
Of all the Elders present, their words all scolded one side. Mu Qianyu sighed, she was the only one here who understood Lin Ming. It could only be said that Lin Ming was too much affected by his emotions and feelings of truth. However, what he did was hard to explain!
Lin Ming was willing to accept the criticism of all these Elders calmly. That was, until someone referred to Qin Xingxuan as trash. Then, Lin Ming's brows rose from anger. He coldly said, "I, Lin Ming, will compensate for these 10 drops of Vermillion Bird blood essence!"
"Fixing!? Ahaha! "The Great Elder smiled viciously," This old man actually heard the funniest joke. 10 drops of Vermillion Bird's blood essence were equal to 10 Revolving Core masters; what do you need to compensate? "